I have the mental illness where it genuinely does not occur to me on an intuitive, emotional level that it’s even possible for my absence to hurt people, like I truly do not FEEL that worry in the slightest because my emotions tell me my absence must a neutral, harmless thing
A specific problem with being ugly is that you can't pull a silly face in photos because you genuinely look vomit-worthy but you can't lock in and serve face either because you have no face to serve
@HippoAdam Patriarchy doesn’t happen naturally. If it did, it wouldn’t require constant violence to maintain it, and it wouldn’t be rapidly leading to the destruction of humankind. Best of luck.